Tracker and associated parts for mechanical musical instruments.



4 No. 826,753. PATENTED JULY 24, 1906.

E. S. VOTEY.

TRACKER AND ASSOCIATED PARTS FOR MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.APPLICATION FILED DEO.1.1905.

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inventor: Emu W Attys PATENTED JULY24, 1906.

E. S.IVOTEY. TRACKER AND ASSOCIATED PARTS FOR MECHANICAL MUSICALINSTRUMENTS.

APPLIOATION FILED DEG.1. *1905.

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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFIOE.

ED NIh S VOTEY, OF SUMMIT, NEWV JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE AEOLIAN NY, OFNE'W YORK, N. Y. A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

TRACKER AND ASSOCIATED PARTS FOR MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed December 1, 1905.Serial No. 289,760.

No. szfegrss.

Patented July 24, 1906.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN S. Vornr, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Summit, in the county of Union and State of New J ersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trackers andAssociated Parts for Mechanical Musical Instruments, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to musical apparatus provided with means for"automatically playthe same through the operation of a pertedmusic-sheet. Its object is to secure compactness and simplicity ofconstruction rial convenience of operation by making our of the partsmovable from their operaposition to a position where they may be-.concealed from view when not in use or where at least they will notinterfere with the manual operation of the instrument;

It consists of means to this end and of combinations of parts which willbe pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front eleva tion of so much of a keyboardmusical instrument as is necessary to illustrate my invention. Fig. 2 isa vertical section through the line 2 2, Fig. l.

l designates the bottom of an instrument, above which are mounted keys2, which together constitute the keyboard of the instrument. Themechanism by which these operate on the strings 3 is not shown, as itforms no part of the present invention. Mounted immediately above thekeyboard 2 of the intion of playing. This mechanism is of usual or anydesired form and need not be further described.

Mounted above the keyboard 2 and above the roll 4, and in the presentinstance above and infront of the strings 3, are two brackets 7 and 8,between and secured to which is a tracker 9. The bracket 7 is shown aspivotally mounted on a 1v 3 10 and as having the shaft 11 extendingtherefrom in an axial line with the pivot. The shaft 11 is connected atone end with a sprocket 12 as a means for ro tating the shaft. Passingthrough the freeend of the bracket 7 is a shaft 13, provided at itsinner end with means for engaging the driving-pin on the end of amusic-roll (n shown) and at its outer end with a sprocket 14, connectedby a chain 15 to a sprocket 16 on the shaft 11. The bracket 8 is shownas pivotally mounted on the lug 17, secured, like the lug 10, to a fixedportion of the instrument and as carrying at its free end a shaft 18,provided at its inner end with means for engaging a pin at the end of amusic-roll. The brackets 7 and 8 together constitute a support for themusic-roll, and

these brackets, with the tracker 9, are capable It will be seen that inits operative position.

the tracker extends forwardly and the musicroll support is located abovethe tracker, so that the music-sheet in passing from the mu sic-roll tothe winding-roll 4 over the tracker 9 is presented to the view of theoperator in the usual manner. When the parts 7, 8, and 9 are turned ontheir pivots to the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2, they may becovered from view by any suitable movable portion. (Not shown.)

While I have shown the brackets 7 and 8 as movable integrally with thetracker 9, it is obvious that this is not essential to my invention inits broadest view, as these might be separately mounted for movementinto and out of operation, if it is so desired. I have also shown thedevice as applied to a grand or square pianoi. 6., to one havinghorizontally-disposed case and strings; but it is ob- ,viously equallyapplicable to an upright pi- "ano as well as to an organ or otherdesired form of keyboard musical instrument. I have also shown the ducts19 of the tracker 9 as connected by flexible connections 20, which passto a point beneath the keyboard, where the pneumatic action may belocated; While this is a convenient and preferred arrangement, it is ofcourse non-essential to the invention in its broadest sense.

What I claim is I I 1. In musical apparatus,. a music-sheetwinding rollmounted in stationary bearings,

anda; tracker pivotally movable independentlyi lof said Winding-rollinto and out of operative position.

musical apparatus, a music-sheetwinding roll mounted in stationarybearings,

- and a tracker movable independently of said windingroll upwardly andrearwardly out of operative position.

3. In musical apparatus, a music-sheet- Winding roll mounted instationary bearings, and a music-roll support including a pair ofbrackets and a roll-engaging device on each of said brackets movable ina plane approxi mately at a right angle With its axis and independentlyof said Winding-roll into and out of operative position.

4. In musical apparatus, a music-sheet- Winding roll mounted instationary bearings, and a tracker and a n1usic-roll support movableindependently of said Winding-rollinto and out o operative position.

5. In a musical instrument, a keyboard, a music-sheet-windin rollrotatably mounted above said keyboar and a tracker pivotally mountedabove said winding-roll and movable independently thereof into and outof operative position.

6. In a musical instrument, a keyboard, a music-sheet-Windin rollrotatably mounted above said keyboard, and a tracker mounted above saidWinding-roll and movable independently thereof upwardly and rearwardlyout of operative position.

7. In a musica instrument, a keyboard, a music-sheet-winding rollrotatably mounted above said keyboard and a combined. tracker andmusic-roll support pivotally mounted above said Winding-roll and movableindependently thereof into and out of operative position.

8. In a musical instrument, a keyboard, a music-sheet-winding rollrotatably mounted above said keyboard, and a music-roll sup port mountedabove said Winding-roll and movable independently thereof upwardly andrearwardlyout of operative position.

9. In a musical instrument, a keyboard, a music-sheet-Windin rollrotatably mounted above said keyboard, and a tracker pivotally movableindependently of said Winding-roll into operative position above saidkeyboard and rearwardly out of such operative posi- 'tion.

10. In a musical instrument, a keyboard, a music-sheet-winding rollrotatably mounted above said keyboard, and a music-roll sup portpivotally movable independently of said Winding-roll into operativeposition above saidkeyboard and rearwardly out of such op,- erativeposition.

11. In a musical instrument, a keyboard, a music-sheet-winding rollrotatably mounted above said keyboard, and a tracker and a music-rollsupport pivotally movable independently of said winding-roll intooperative position above said keyboard and rearwardly out of suchoperative position.

12. In a musical instrument, a keyboard, a music-sheet-winding rollrotatably mounted in stationary bearings above said keyboard, and atracker and a music-roll support mounted above and independently of saidwinding roll and secured together and simultaneously movable into andout of operative position.

13. In a musical instrument, a keyboard, a music-sheetwinding rollrotatably mounted in stationary bearings above said keyboard, and atracker and a music-roll support pivotally mounted on a common axis andmovable into operative position above said keyboard and rearwardly outof such operative position.

14. In a musical instrument, akeyboard, a musicsheet-Winding rollrotatably mounted in stationary bearings above said keyboard, and atracker and a music-roll support pivotally movable into operativeposition above said keyboard and rearwardly out of such operativeposition.

15. In a musical instrument, a keyboard, a

m 1sic-sheet-Winding roll rotatably mounted in stationary bearings abovesaid key-board,

a tracker pivotally movable independently of said Winding-roll intooperative position above said keyboard and rearwardly out of suchoperative position, and flexible connections leading from said trackerto points he neath said keyboard.

16. In musical apparatus, a'music-sheetwinding roll rotatably mounted instationary bearings, amusic-roll support comprising two pivotallymounted brackets spaced apart and movable together independently of saidwinding-roll, a roll-engagin shaft in one of said brackets, and means orrotating said shaft connected thereto independently of the position ofsaid bracket.

17. In musical apparatus, a music-sheet- Winding roll rotata bly mounted.in stationary bearings, a music-roll support comprising two pivotallymounted, brackets spaced apart and movable together independently ofsaid Winding-roll, a roll-engaging shaft in one of said brackets, adriving-pulley in axial line with the pivot of said bracket, a drivenpulley on said shaft, and means connecting said pulleys independently ofthe position of said bracket.

18. In a musical instrument, a keyboard, a recessed portion immediatelyabove said keyboard and at the rear of the manual portion thereof, and amusic-sheet-winding roll rotatably mounted in said recess.

19. In a musical instrument, a keyboard, a movable portion for coveringthe manual'portion of the keys and provided with a recess, and amusic-sheet-Winding roll rotatably mounted in such recess.

20. In a musical instrument, a keyboard, a recessed portion above saidkeyboard and at the rear of the manual portion thereof, a mu- I recessedportion above said keyboard and at I sic-'sheet-Winding rollrotatably'mount'ed in such recess, and a tracker pivotally mounted on astationary portion of the instrument above said winding-roll formovement into and out of operative position.

21. In a musical instrument, a keyboard, a recessed portion above saidkeyboard and at the rear of the manual portion thereof, amusie-sheetwinding roll rotatably'mounted in such recess, and amusic-roll support pivot ally mounted on a stationary portion of theinstrument above said winding-roll-for movement into'and out ofoperative position.

22. In a musical instrument, a key board, a

the rear of the manual portion thereof, a mu such recess, and a trackerand a music-roll support pivotally mounted on a stationary portion ofthe instrument above said winding roll for movement into and out ofoperative position.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing Witnesses.

. EDWIN S. VOTEY.

Witnesses: 1

D. O. HEINs, W. O. MANSFIELD.

sic-sheet-winding roll rotatably mounted in

